The

Berachah Bible Church is in its 29th year of living up to

its name, which means "blessing."

Members of

the congregation are literally going in all directions

this summer, spreading blessings from vacation Bible

schools in homes in Fayette County to places such as

Siberia and Kazakstan, Russia.

Three high

school and college girls are spending July visiting in

homes and conducting Bible classes in various Fayette

County homes; an exchange student from Siberia spent the

school year in the area and has just returned home and

will enter training to teach Bible studies.

The

congregation gave her a lap-top computer and she will

keep in touch through e-mail.

Also

keeping in touch by e-mail are the associate pastor, Seth

Wallace, and his wife, Leslie. They are in Israel for a

month in a door-to-door evangelism trip. Mrs. Wallace is

a teacher at Starr's Mill High School.

Another

school teacher in the congregation is in China for a

month on his second visit. Missionaries in China are not

permitted to expound on the Bible, per se, but are

allowed to assist the Chinese in practicing their

English. You can either teach in a school or stand in the

center of town at a "talking place." The

Chinese can come to you to practice their English and if,

in the process, they ask any questions that pertain to

religion, you are permitted to answer.

A retired

military family in the church left two years ago to be

missionaries in Costa Rica and a senior high student from

the church is spending the summer with them. She is

interested in entering missionary work and this is her

second trip to test the waters.

Another

student who has just graduated from high school is

proficient in sign and is in the Philippines this summer

teaching Bible studies at a school for the deaf.

A family of

five just returned from a visit to Kazakstan, where they

worked with missionaries serving there. In September

Berachah pastor the Rev. Dr. Howard E. Dial and his wife,

Beth, will head to Kazakstan where he will be teaching in

a seminary for a month.

Other than

that, the 300-plus members of the church are in their

place each Sunday morning at 310 Corinth Road. Worship

services are at 9:30 a.m. and Sunday School is at 11:15

a.m. Sunday evening worship is at 6 p.m. The church can

be reached at 770-461-2466.